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Two Women Shot inside Little Havana's Molino Rojo Bar

By Kyle Munzenrieder Thu., Feb. 2 2012 at 12:00 PM
Categories: Crime
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​Two women are in critical condition at the Ryder Trauma Center after being shot during a bizarre incident that started with hair pulling at the Molino Rojo Bar in Little Havana last night. Meanwhile, 35-year-old Fidencio Membrano now sits in jail and faces charged of attempted murder and battery.
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Baby on Life Support After Being Beaten by Father in North Miami

By Kyle Munzenrieder Fri., Jan. 27 2012 at 1:11 PM
Categories: Crime
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​A four-month-old baby boy was on life support at Jackson Memorial Hospital this morning while his father appeared in court on charges of putting him there. Yosi Mahlab, 30 of North Miami, stands accused of beating his own son on January 21. The child lost brain activity as a result of the attack.
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Video: Accused Cement Butt Doc Accomplice Attacked on Telemundo's Pa'lante con Cristina

By Kyle Munzenrieder Thu., Jan. 26 2012 at 11:26 AM
Categories: Crime
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​It's a not a true Miami saga unless it includes a full out brawl on a Spanish language talk show, so it's really no surprise that during a taping of Cristina Saralegui's Telemundo show yesterday Corey Eubanks, the man who was arrested as an accomplice in the case of accused fake butt doctor Oneal Ron Morris, was attacked by the mother of one of Morris's alleged victims.
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Florida Man Allegedly Ate a Murdered Man's Brain, Said It Tasted Like "Women's Come"

By Kyle Munzenrieder Wed., Jan. 25 2012 at 4:05 PM
Categories: Crime, WTF Florida
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​Tyree Lincoln Smith, a Florida man, has been arrested in Lynn Haven, Florida, for allegedly beating a Connecticut man to death with an axe and then eating his eyeball and part of his brain in a nearby cemetery.

According to warrant application obtained by The Connecticut Post, Smith told his cousin that the man's eyeball tasted like an oyster and that his brain tasted like " women's come." Click through to see the warrant for yourself. 
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Don't Set Up a Growhouse Next Door to a School Like These Three Kendall Men

By Kyle Munzenrieder Wed., Jan. 25 2012 at 12:25 PM
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​If you're going to take the risk of setting up an illegal marijuana growhouse, it's best to take just the littlest bit of caution and make sure that growhouse isn't directly next door to a school where kids as young as kindergarteners study.

Three Miami men weren't so smart and set up shop right across the street from Winston Park K-8 Center in Kendall. They now face more serious charges for operating so close to a school.
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Florida vs. Texas: Which State Has More F#*cked Up Crime? Our Expert Decides

By Tim Elfrink Wed., Jan. 25 2012 at 8:45 AM
Categories: Crime, WTF Florida
Illustration by Alvaro Diaz-Rubio
​Whenever the world reads a bizarre headline, the first question is always: "Did it happen in Florida or Texas?" Scientists, after all, have proven that 98.7 percent of truly messed up crimes originate the two Southern states. But that begs the question: Which is truly the most WTF state in the union?

To settle this once and for all, Miami New Times challenged our sister paper, the Houston Press, to a showdown. We each picked 11 of our stories from the past year, then matched them head-to-head. Former True Crime Report editor Pete Kotz acts as the arbiter.
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Man Accused of Murdering FIU Football Player Kendall Berry Could Walk Free Under Jeb Bush's "Stand Your Ground" Law

By Kyle Munzenrieder Tue., Jan. 24 2012 at 3:53 PM
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​Quentin Wyche, the man accused of murdering FIU running back Kendall Berry during an on-campus confrontation in March 2010, could walk free without a trial thanks to Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law that was championed by former governor Jeb Bush. At least that's what his attorneys hope. Wyche's lawyers claim he fatally stabbed Berry with a pair of scissors in an act of self-defense.
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Four More FAMU Band Members Arrested for Hazing

By Kyle Munzenrieder Fri., Jan. 20 2012 at 2:33 PM
Categories: Crime
Four more FAMU band members found themselves under arrest for taking part in hazing rituals. The arrests were not related to the November death of drum major Robert Champion, but instead for a separate incidents. More >>
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Matthew Scheidt, Teen Impostor Extraordinaire, Back in Jail This Morning on Theft Charges

By Kyle Munzenrieder Fri., Jan. 20 2012 at 11:49 AM
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​Hours after being released from jail on charges he impersonated a Miami Beach police officer, Matthew Scheidt was arrested yet again on theft charges in Homestead. Police arrested the little Scheidt for stealing items he may have used to help him impersonate a police officer in the first place. More >>
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Matthew Scheidt, Teen Who Once Pretended to be Doctor, Arrested for Impersonating Miami Beach Police Officer

By Kyle Munzenrieder Thu., Jan. 19 2012 at 1:17 PM
Categories: Crime, WTF Florida
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​Maybe when Matthew Scheidt heard "you can be anything you want to be when your grow up" as a child, he took it the wrong way, because the Florida teen has a strange habit of pretending to be, well, just about anything he wants to be. 

Scheidt was arrested by Miami Beach Police today after impersonating an officer and pulling over a driver for not wearing a seat belt. Last year he was arrested for roaming the halls of an Orlando hospital and pretending to be a physician's assistant. 
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